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Mary is the Ark
of the New Covenant
Overview
Old Testament
New Testament
Overview
Revelation 11:19 - 12:17
“Then
God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the
ark of his
covenant was seen within his temple.... And a great portent
appeared in heaven, a woman
clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a
crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried
out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery. ...
she brought forth a male child, one who is
to rule all the nations with a rod of
iron, but her child was caught up to God
and to his throne …
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent,
who is called the Devil and Satan,
the deceiver of the whole world—he was
thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
… And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the
earth, he pursued the woman who had borne
the male child. … 17 Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and
went off to make war on the rest of her
offspring, on
those who keep the commandments of God and bear
testimony to Jesus.”
The contents of the Ark, such as the manna,
represented Jesus Christ. Mary had within her womb not just
something that prefigured Jesus, but Jesus himself. Therefore, she
is the Ark of the New Covenant and is greater than the Ark of the Old
Covenant.
The division of the books of the Bible into
chapters did not happen until the middle ages. So, Revelation
chapter 11 flows right into chapter 12.
See:
Part
I. Old Testament
Contents of the Ark
Power of the Ark
Sacredness of the Ark
Staff of Aaron
Place of Prayer
Part II New Testament
Ark in
the New Covenant
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